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Elastic Closes Deductive AI Deal to Deliver AI-Powered Production Incident Investigation

Elastic Closes Deductive AI Deal to Deliver AI-Powered Production Incident Investigation
Elastic Closes Deductive AI Deal to Deliver AI-Powered Production Incident Investigation
August 24, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Elastic completed its acquisition of Deductive AI, saying in a Monday (Aug. 24) press release that the move will help Elastic set the standard for...

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General Intuition Aims to Raise Capital at $6 Billion Valuation to Power AI Robotics
General Intuition Aims to Raise Capital at $6 Billion Valuation to Power AI Robotics
August 24, 2026  |  Investments

General Intuition, which is developing a foundation artificial intelligence model with potential applications in robotics, is finalizing a funding round that would value the company...

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Stablecoin KYC Debate Moves to Exchanges and Wallets
Stablecoin KYC Debate Moves to Exchanges and Wallets
August 24, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

A stablecoin may pass through several wallets and intermediaries before someone tries to turn it back into dollars. Federal regulators now have to decide which...

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Australian Businesses Favor AI for Back-Office Tasks Over Software Building
Australian Businesses Favor AI for Back-Office Tasks Over Software Building
August 24, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Anthropic’s customers in Australia, who have been among the leading adopters of the company’s Claude artificial intelligence (AI) model, tend to use the tool for...

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Goldman Sachs Safeguards Apprenticeship Culture in AI Era
Goldman Sachs Safeguards Apprenticeship Culture in AI Era
August 24, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Goldman Sachs aims to ensure that new artificial intelligence tools don’t lead to a loss of knowledge within the institution, Chris Churchman, head of the...

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White House Meeting Revives Crypto Hopes for CLARITY Act
White House Meeting Revives Crypto Hopes for CLARITY Act
August 24, 2026  |  Legal & Regulation

Few forecasts have been as cloudy as the fate of the Clarity Act in Congress. Passed by the House more than a year ago, the...

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No Discount Survives an AI That Can’t See It
No Discount Survives an AI That Can’t See It
August 24, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Loyalty benefits used to show up at checkout: a card swiped, a code entered, a discount applied after the decision was already made. That moment...

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Pay.com Raises $28 Million to Bring Rewards Platform to US
Pay.com Raises $28 Million to Bring Rewards Platform to US
August 24, 2026  |  B2B Payments

Australia’s Pay.com is launching in the U.S. as PayRewards after raising $28 million in a Series E round, bringing its total capital raised to $70...

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